He makes rulers not important.\par He makes the judges of this world\par completely worthless.\par
Isaiah 34:12 - Easy To Read Version The freemen {\cf2\super [322]} and leaders will all be gone. And there will be nothing left for them to rule. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They shall call its nobles to proclaim the kingdom, but nothing shall be there, and all its princes shall be no more. American Standard Version (1901) They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there; and all its princes shall be nothing. Common English Bible No Kingdom There, they will call it, and all its princes will disappear. Catholic Public Domain Version Its nobles will not be in that place. Instead, they will call upon the king, and all its leaders will be as nothing. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The nobles thereof shall not be there. They shall call rather upon the king: and all the princes thereof shall be nothing. |
He makes rulers not important.\par He makes the judges of this world\par completely worthless.\par
“Look, you false gods are less than nothing! You can’t do anything! Only a worthless person would want to worship you!”
Nebuchadnezzar didn’t take those things away at the time he took Jehoiachin king of Judah away as a prisoner. Jehoiachin was the son of King Jehoiakim. Nebuchadnezzar also took other important people away from Judah and Jerusalem.
There at the town of Riblah, the king of Babylon killed Zedekiah’s sons, while Zedekiah watched. And Nebuchadnezzar killed all the royal officials of Judah while Zedekiah watched.
I may have the gift of prophecy {\cf2\super [93]} ; I may understand all the secret things \{of God\} and know everything; and I may have faith so great that I can move mountains. But even with all these things, if I don’t have love, then I am nothing.
So \{this is what I say\} about eating meat: We know that an idol {\cf2\super [48]} is really nothing in the world. And we know that there is only one God.
I have been \{talking like\} a fool. But you made me do it. You people are the ones who should say good things about me. I am worth nothing, but those “great apostles {\cf2\super [46]} ” are not worth any more than I am!